Incoming Associate Professor at LaTrobe University. Former Lecturer, Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences; Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
Andrea Carson is the recently appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media at Latrobe University. She was previously a lecturer in political science at the University of Melbourne and served as an Honorary Fellow with the University's Centre for Advancing Journalism. Her research examines politics and the media - with special interests in investigative journalism, the media's role in a democracy and political communication. She has done extensive research on journalism, Australian politics, party representation and voter behaviour, election campaigns and digital media. Andrea holds a PhD in Political Science and an MA in International Politics from The University of Melbourne. She has taught courses on political communication, news media and politics and campaigns and elections at The University of Melbourne. She has worked previously as a print journalist (The Age), online, radio (ABC, RRR) and TV (producer 7.30). Read more here: https://www.andreacarsonphd.com/
Is Australia’s golden age of third-party fact checking over?
Mar 06, 2024 22:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views
With the rise of disinformation, third-party fact checking has grown into a billion-dollar global industry. But debunking false claims is time-consuming and costly, and recent developments suggest it may have hit its peak...
Oct 12, 2023 07:34 am UTC| Politics
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Oct 02, 2019 02:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
During the 2019 election, a news story about the Labor Party supporting a death tax which turned out to be fake gained traction on social media. Now, Labor is urging a post-election committee to rule on whether...
And now for a newsflash: politicians actually do keep their promises
Apr 16, 2019 02:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
A quick scan of political headlines over recent election campaigns will tell you that there is a trust deficit in Australian politics. Alarmingly, surveys uniformly find that public trust is falling in Australia. The...
Media Files: What does the future newsroom look like?
Nov 04, 2018 14:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Today on Media Files, a podcast about the major themes and issues in the media, were looking at the future newsroom. We often hear about the doom and gloom of established media companies as they shed staff and revenues,...
Nine-Fairfax merger rings warning bells for investigative journalism – and Australian democracy
Aug 01, 2018 14:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
If you value the medias watchdog role in democracy, then the opening words in the deal enabling Channel Nine to acquire Fairfax Media, the biggest single shake-up of the Australian media in more than 30 years, ring alarm...
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